Awarding marks to performances under the minimum time requirement - FAQs

The reason that Drama was not included in the Ofqual consultation was because Music and Dance had the zero mark condition as part of their subject content; however Drama did not have any such condition in the subject content.

Yes, the minimum performance times still stand (please see below for reminders of these timings). They are a requirement of our qualifications and students should be encouraged to do all they can to ensure these are met in their performances.

There are circumstances, despite the very best preparation, where some students (and we must stress that we see a low number of these instances) fall under the minimum time requirements. This may be, for example down to them feeling nervous on the day of their performance, so they rush through the work or they miss out part of the text.

For whatever reason the time requirement is not met, we still must have a plan in place for how to assess these students.